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Monday, December 30, 2013

As a home schooling mom, my time is consumed with curriculum
planning and seeking out educational activities that will keep my nine and six
year old boys’ attention spans.Top that
off with regular mom duties to four others boys, and a hubby. That’s a full
day.However, my day doesn’t end
there.I still have the writing thing to
squeeze in.

Writing
is a must! Without that escape of putting pen to paper the voices in my head
would take over.Sounds like enough
creativity for a single person, right?Not!I can’t speak for other
writers, but the creativity bug doesn’t stop biting for me with just conjuring
up characters or the fantastical worlds they live in. I have several creative
vices that I dabble in aside from reading and writing.

Photography is very high on my list of
creative hobbies! I bought my first
camera body and lens at nineteen years old, and I fell in love. Over the next
twenty five years I would discover the “hot glue gun” and would re-vamp
anything I could glue. Photo albums, coffee cans, jars, etc.Do you remember stenciling and sponging?There wasn’t a wall in my house that hadn’t
been tainted by this variable art form.One
the sweetest memories is when I purchased my first set of power tools.That’s when I knew I had a problem.Walls started coming down….literally! Then
came the scrapbooking trend! Good Lord help me! Finally, a place I could
incorporate my pictures and decorating! Woo Hoo!!!

Now for my newest creative
challenge. Crocheting. I’m hooked.No
pun intended! I’ve made 11 Santa hats to date, three cup cozies, four pairs of
slippers, five Afghans, a hat for a doll, and one very short, ugly scarf! That
was just in the last two months.

At this point, there is not enough time in a
day, or days in a week to get everything done that I need.So why add more to that growing list? I have
no idea!Maybe it’s genetic or it could
be that the moon and the stars were aligned a certain way when I was born. My
brain is always looking for a new way to express my creativity.Am I alone in this or are there others of you
out there with the same affliction?

My advice? Self-discipline! The key
to being successful in anything, especially life is keeping a balance. For me the list goes in this order:
Family first, writing/reading, and then all those other creative endeavors are
sprinkled into the mix after.